Fire-hose case or box



(No Model.)

J. T; HAWKINS. FIRE HOSE CASE 0R BOX. N0.; 311,'752. Patented Feb. 3, 1885.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,752, dated February 3, 1885.

Application filed August 18, 1884. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. HAWKINS, of Taunton, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Fire-Hose Case or Box, which invention is fullysct forth and illustrated in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a receptacle for the stowage of firehose in public buildings, hotels, factories, and other buildings which shall permit of the hose being instantaneously put into position for running out in any direction without danger of kinking, cover them in out of sightand pro tect them from dust and dirt when not in use, and form, wherever desirable, an ornamental attachment to the wall or building. In hotels, private residences, public buildings, and similar places piles or coils of hose are unsightly and objectionable, and it is desirable in many such places to have a receptacle for them more orless ornamental, while in factories and other similar places it is desirable to protect the hose from dust, dirt, smoke, &c.

The invention consists of a closed box or case hinged at its bottom to the wall or building, and carrying on its outer face hinged braces or brackets to support the weight of the hose and case when let down, and also having three sides so hinged to its outer face that, when in position for running out the hose, the hose may lie upon a mere flat surface unobstructed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the case or rack let down into position ready for the running out of the hose, one side, B, of the case A being in the same position as when closed up against the wall, while the other side, B, and the top of end piece, 0, are dropped down as may also be the side, B, leaving the hose free to be run out in any direction from the horizontal surface on which it lies. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case or rack as closed up against the wall or building. Fig. 3 is a side view of the case or rack as let down in position for running out the hose, except that the sides and top are not let down.

In said figures the letterAindicates the front or face of the case as closed up against up against the wall.

the wall, or forming the horizontal bottom upon which the hose lies when the case is let down in position for being run out. B B indicate side pieces hinged to the face A, and 0 indicates an end or top piece similarly hinged to said face, the three pieces, B, B, and C being so hinged to the face A that when the case is in the position shown in Fig. 1 they may all hang in, a vertical position leaving the inner or upper side of A horizontal and unobstructed.

Secured to the end piece, 0, on its ends, are two right-angled clamps or hooks, D, projecthold said pieces closed when the case is closed up against the wall. Secured also to the end or top piece, C, is a. bracket, E, in which slides a rod, F, having on its outer endv a ball or knob, G. and in its central part astoppin, H, to prevent its being pulled entirely out of the bracket E. Secured to the wall is an eye or lug, I, into which the free end of the rod F enters to hold the case in position when closed Two triangular brackets, K K, hinged to the face A, are made, where desirable, to close up against and form a part of the paneling design of the face or front of the case A when closed up against the wall, said brackets automatically dropping into the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 3 by their own weight when the case is let down, as shown in Fig. l.

S indicates the hose; N, the nozzle or hosepipe, and M the butt or coupling projecting from the wall, to which the hose is kept attached ready for use. The case is made deeper than required for the pile ofhose,suflicientl y to leave a space in front, as in the position shown in Fig. 1, or on top, as in position shown in Fig. 2, to receive and cover in the butt or coupling M, so that the whole hose and attachments may be covered in by the case. At the bottom of the case are placed two blocks, 0 0, between which is a recess in which the unfolded inner end of the hose lies, so that. when the case is closed up against the wall the weight of the hose will only bear upon its flattened portions, leaving such of its parts free to follow the motion of the case when let down into the position shown in Fig. 1, without injury to the hose. The hose is shown ing over the side pieces, B B, which clampsfolded away in a succession of well-known return-folds, so that it cannot twist or kink in running out.

oted or hinged to a wall or building, so that such support may swing in a horizontal plane,

but,

As of my invention, Iclailn 1. A hose rack or case pivoted orhinged at its bottom to a wall, building, or other sup port, so as to swing in a vertical plane on said hinges or pivots, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A hose rack or case hinged or pivoted to a wall, building, or other support. so as to swing in a vertical plane on, said hinges or pivots, and provided with side pieces, as B B, and an end piece, as C, hinged thereto, so that when the case or rack is placed in. a horizon tal position said side pieces and end piece may hang vertically downward and leave the surface supporting the hose liat and unobstructed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a hose rack or case hinged or pivoted to a wall, building, or othersupport, so as to swing in a vertical plane on said hinges or pivots, the combination of side pieces, as B B, and an end piece, as 0, all hinged to a front or face piece, as A, whereby when the rack, or case occupies a horizontal position said pieces may hang vertically, but may close up, forming a closed box or 'case when the said rack or case is held in avertical position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 4. A hose rack or case hinged or pivoted to a wall, building, orother support, so as to swing in a vertical plane, and provided with brackets, as K K, hinged to said rack or case, so as to automatically drop by their own weight to form supports to the said rack or case when let down into a horizontal position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. A hose rack or case'hinged or pivoted to a wall, building, or other support, so as to swing in a vertical plane, and provided with hinged side pieces, as B B, a hinged top or end piece, as O, and hinged brackets or sup ports, as K K, substantially as and for the purposes set l'orth.

6. In a hose rack or case swinging in avertical plane and provided with side pieces, as B B, and a hinged end or top piece, as 0, rightanglcd clamps or books, as D D, secured to said end or top piece, by means of which the said case may beheld securely closed when in the vertical position, and said pieces automatically released to hang vertically downward when said case is placed in the horizontal position, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. A hose rack or case constructed to swing in a vertical plane from a wall, building, or other support, and consisting of a platform, as A, hinged side pieces, as B B, a hinged end ortop piece, as G, hinged brackets orsupports, as K K, base-blocks, as O O, and rightangled clamps or hooks, as D D, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN T. HAWKINS. Witnesses:

ELISHA '1. JACKSON, ALBERT J. PARK. 

